SCHEDULING in a hair wash can be a pain for busy women, so the thought of going days without the shower and blow-dry routine would be a dream come true.
That’s exactly what happened to one American TikTok user, who discovered a life-changing hack to avoid oily roots without stepping into the bathtub.
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Alex James shared her mind-bending trick with her followers and could hardly contain her excitement.
“I have figured out the key to making sure your hair doesn’t get oily after one day, and I’m going to share it with you,” she beams. “I feel like this needs to be on the internet.”
Alex explains her daily struggle suffering with greasy roots less than a day after washing her hair.
“I get greasy hair the same day that I wash it. I can shower in the morning and by the time I go to bed my hair is an oil bomb,” she confesses. “It’s just how my hair works and I’ve accepted that.”
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Alex has tried almost every technique under the sun to keep grease at bay from skipping hair wash day during lockdown to train her locks, to buying every dry shampoo she can find.
“I’ve tried masks, I’ve tried not washing my hair for weeks…nothing works,” she explains. “Until I started doing this.”
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Alex begins explaining her incredible hack, which she discovered by accident. Holding up a bottle of Batiste original dry shampoo, she reveals her secret.
“I was on my way to school after dry shampooing my hair, and I was sweating because I was late to class,” she recalls.
“When I got to class my hair was a little damp from sweat. By the time my hair dried, it was clean. And it stayed clean for another three days.”
She adds excitedly: “I used to have to shower my hair every single day.”
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Then she gets to the good part: “Take a little spray bottle and fill it with water. You wet your hair with the dry shampoo in it. My boyfriend said it’s just like showering, but it’s not."
She continues: “I do this before I go to bed on the day that I shower and it makes my hair last for three more days. It doesn’t feel grainy, either.”
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Alex finishes the video with her new hair motto: “Put dry shampoo in your hair and get it a little wet, I swear to God. This makes my hair feel clean.”
Almost 100,000 people have watched Alex’s clip so far, and they’re all raving about her discovery.
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One TikTok user said: “Girl I have to try this. My hair is the exact same and I am soooo tired of having to wash it everyday or put it up on the 2nd day.”
Other users had their own hair hacks to share, including using shampoo twice while washing and having a ‘clean’ and ‘dirty’ brush depending on when you last washed your hair.
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